Gold worth Rs 44.25 lakh seized from passenger at Chennai airport

CHENNAI: Air customs sleuths at

Chennai airport

seized 990 gram of gold, worth Rs 44.25 lakh, from a

passenger

who arrived here from

Dubai

on Friday. The passenger, who had concealed

gold

stitched to his undergarment, was arrested.


Following a tip-off that there might be an attempt to smuggle in gold, customs officials intercepted Mohammad Yasar Arabath, 32, of Chennai soon after he landed here in a

Flydubai

flight.

A check revealed that he had a plastic pouch stitched to his undergarments. A gold ingot weighing 990 gram was found in it, according to a press release.


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